Inclusion, an act of mercy, is manifested in opening ones arms wide to welcome without excluding or labeling others--Pope Francis

Those on the path toward greater spiritual freedom and love find strength in a very undramatic and almost unnoticeable ways when they avoid letting egos and self-preoccupations to take over.

Thomas Merton reminds us that True encounter with Christ liberates something in us, a power we did not know we had, a hope.

Christine Valter Paintner offers a mediation to soften knots in our heart, body, and soul through vulnerability.

Christ died and was buried in all of us. Every time you do something physically to honor a deceased person you are performing a work of mercy.

Psalm 84 encourages us to find a home with God.

This reading reminds not just fathers and sons, but also mothers, daughters and all those who parent or are parented that God the Father awaits our return from loneliness, anger, jealousy and desolati

In this month of Mary, one holy woman reminds us that Jesus is our Mother, too

In her desperate plea, Queen Esther recognizes that only the Lord can help relieve our deepest pain.

I understood that Gods roadmap for me diverged from the paths of those I loved. I realized the best I could offer my lost ones was prayer.